Community Engagement Worker - Toronto, Canada - YWCA Toronto

YWCA Toronto

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Permanent

Work Hours:

35 hours per week (includes evenings and weekends; shares on-call)

Salary:

$55,939 per annum (L7), plus comprehensive benefits (April 2023 pay rate)

Location:

150 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0B1

Internal Application Deadline:

Monday, April 10, 2023

External Application Deadline:

Wednesday, April 12, 202- Priority will be given to Indigenous Persons. Applicants are required to clearly identify their Indigenous lived experience in their cover letter._

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The Community Engagement Worker

Indigenous Arts and Cultures is responsible for leading the design and implementation of programming that promotes the arts and cultural enrichment activities focusing on Indigenous culture and traditions, with the goals of creating an inclusive community, encouraging engagement with the broader community, and developing effective strategies to meet the emotional, practical and social support needs of the tenant community. The Community Engagement
Indigenous Arts and Cultures position will work within the Community Engagement Program team and alongside the Jean Tweed Centre case management team to ensure that community engagement activities support a positive and dynamic community environment with a focus on health outcomes.

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ABOUT YWCA TORONTO - YWCA ELM CENTRE

YWCA Elm Centre includes 300 units of permanent housing for three different resident groups: 165 units of affordable rental units for women, 50 units for Indigenous women, gender diverse people and their families and 85 supportive units for women and gender diverse people living with mental health challenges or concurrent mental health and substance use challenges.

The Elm Community Engagement Team provides support program and services to the entire residential community, with a focus on community capacity building, housing stabilization and health promotion.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Acts as specialist consultant to YWCA Manager, YWCA Elm support team, Jean Tweed Centre case managers and tenants in the area of innovative community engagement and capacity building with marginalized and mixed communities;
Develops, implements and evaluates Indigenousspecific programming (groups, workshops, circles, etc.) to ensure YWCA Elm Indigenous tenant community has direct access and opportunity to share, receive and reclaim Indigenous knowledge, arts, teaching and ceremonies;
Develops, implements and evaluates cultural, recreational, social and/or education programs for the full tenant community;
Designs and delivers programming specifically designed to build individual and community capacity through activities that promote the development and use of harm reduction principles in conflict resolution and mediation skills, including peerled processes for addressing issues of concern to the community;
Supports tenants in addressing legal notices related to lease infractions such as arrears, Rent Geared to Income (RGI) documentation and/or behavior/tenancy challenging issues;
Assist in conducting intake interviews, ensures relevant documentation is completed/acquired and supports tenants in the movein process as required;
Maintains a working knowledge of the Residential Tenancies Act, Social Housing Reform Act, and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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QUALIFICATIONS

General knowledge of an academic or technical discipline normally acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in a social services or health field (examples: BSW/Social Work, Occupational Therapy, etc.)
(Cases for equivalency will be considered);

years' experience working in a diverse, direct service setting with adults and families who experience impacts of poverty, homelessness/ under-housing, violence/trauma, mental health/addictions/ or concurrent disorders, and other sources of marginalization or oppression;

Knowledge of Indigenous services and community resources and other community resources that provide culturallycompetent services for Indigenous clients; and demonstrated ability to incorporate knowledge of Indigenous traditional teachings into community programming and individual support;
Life Skills Certificate an asset;
Lived experience in the Indigenous community and the ability to deliver culturally sensitive services;
Demonstrated ability to use artsbased practices to promote individual and community capacity;
Demonstrated ability to deliver programming that recognizes and values cultural identities (ethnoracial, LGBTQ, e.g.) and creates opportunities for strengthening community through sharing and building understanding and respect;
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Indigenous health and wellness and the past, present and ongoing harms of colonialism impacting Indigenous Peoples in Canada;
Supportive counseling and groupwork approach that is flexible, strengthsbased, deescalates tension, and teaches conf